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Air cushions give severe reflection on track parts... very noticable ingame at least for the green! Air cushions should not give light!

Not sure if this is a bug.
The green is so bright that it gets used for the raycasting (or radiosity) calculation of the lightmap.



You can see this also well in Canyon at cliffs or walls that are on the opposite to a illuminated face.

I don't think they are emitting light but reflecting it. Pretty realistic.

Trackmania and realistic It's ok if they emit some light, but that green is way overpowered, it distracts from the race. TMNF didn't have this reflection from the air cushions which was better imo, but like i said its ok if they emit a bit of light just not this much. On certain track pieces like walls etc it doesnt distract, but on the trackpieces itself it is just horrible.

To me it looks like light reflection... You can try to set the road on the dark side of the cushion

I agree, it's a realistic reflection. You can notice it on a sunny day in real life, too. The colour is reflected though the object has no own source of light. And sometimes it's surprising how strong this effect is (I don't mean the game ).

Even if the TM2 light effects (reflections, darker shadows, the blinding second when leaving a dark area) may distract the driver (no doubt), you can't expect Nadeo to create a game with the light and shadow calculations of TMNF.

Ranzou wrote:Trackmania and realistic It's ok if they emit some light ...

LOL yeah did I really write TM ánd realistic in one sentence? Anyway, the cussions arn't emitting light but reflecting it quite realistic.

Ranzou wrote:TMNF didn't have this reflection from the air cushions which was better imo

YonCan wrote:, you can't expect Nadeo to create a game with the light and shadow calculations of TMNF.

Exactly this is not TMNF but TM2.

Rots wrote:To me it looks like light reflection... You can try to set the road on the dark side of the cushion

Yeah i can try that!

Anyway hearing all this, i guess i just have to get used to it ^^
Thx for the replies.

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Rots wrote: on the dark side of the cushion